Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22: Bihar Review

Bihar played in the Plate League. With 3 wins and 2 losses from 5 matches, Bihar finished 3rd in the 8 team Plate League, thus missing out on a knock-out berth. Ashutosh Aman led the side. 

Here is the game-by-game summary of the tournament. 

Game 1: Bihar 222/8 (50) lost to Mizoram 223/3 (47.4) by 7 wickets 
Highlights: Sakibul Gani 114 
List A Debut: Abhijeet Saket, Bipin Saurabh, Malay Raj 

Game 2: Meghalaya 273/6 (50) beat Bihar 272/10 (50) by 1 run 
Highlights: Amod Yadav 3/44, Sakibul Gani 94 
List A Debut: Amod Yadav 

Game 3: Bihar 280/8 (50) beat Nagaland 142/10 (31.4) by 138 runs 
Highlights: Bipin Saurabh 79, Mangal Mahrour 94*, Sarfaraz Ashraf 3/18, Ashutosh Aman 2/14, Shashi Shekhar 2/9 
List A Debut: Nikhil Anand 

Game 4: Sikkim 193/9 (50) lost to Bihar 194/3 (36.5) by 7 wickets 
Highlights: Ashutosh Aman 4/37, Bipin Saurabh 92* 

Game 5: Arunachal Pradesh 83/10 (21.3) lost to Bihar 87/4 (19.1) by 6 wickets 
Highlights: Malay Raj 5/38, Sachin Kumar 3/6, Sakibul Gani 2/29 
List A Debut: Aditya Singh, Kumar Rajnish, Washim Ashrar 

Season Stats 
Highest Scorers 
  1. Sakibul Gani 231 @ 77.00, 1x100, 1x50 
  2. Mangal Mahrour 188 @ 62.67, 1x50 
  3. Bipin Saurabh 182 @ 60.67, 2x50 
Highest Wicket-takers 
  1. Ashutosh Aman 7 @ 19.14 
  2. Malay Raj 6 @ 13.00 
  3. Shashi Shekhar 6 @ 15.83 
Best Batting: Sakibul Gani 114 vs Mizoram 
Best Bowling: Malay Raj 5/38 vs Arunachal Pradesh 
Players Used: 22 
List A Debut: 8 

Overall, not a particularly great run for Bihar. No steady team selections, Debuts being handed out all over the place. Pure batters coming in at the tail! Difficult to see how this team gets better in the near future. 

And now we enter a phase of uncertainty for the next fixture. Although there is an IPL auction coming up as well, but with the exception of Sakibul Gani and maybe Bipin Saurabh, the performances just aren't good enough. Let's see how many progress into the final auction list!

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